Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 14
Total events naming patron - 6
Troupes - 1
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1414
Death Date: before 1469-12-12

Siblings

Male

Bourchier, Henry (1408 - 1483) (patron)
Bourchier, Thomas (1411 - 1486) (patron)
Bourchier, John (1417 - 1474) (patron)

Female

Bourchier, Eleanor ( - 1474)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hankeford, Thomasine (1423 - 1453)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1437-8-3
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union produced six additional children
  2. Affeton, Katherine ( - 1467)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1459-1-9
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Isabel and Thomasine are possible daughters of William's first union.

Offspring

From Affeton, Katherine ( - 1467)

  1. Female offspring: Bourchier, Thomasine (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Bourchier, Isabel (n.d.)
  3. Female offspring: Bourchier, Elizabeth (n.d.)

From Hankeford, Thomasine (1423 - 1453)

  1. Male offspring: Bourchier, Fulk (1445 - 1479) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Bourchier, Blanche (n.d.)

Primary Title

3rd Baron FitzWarin

Titles

  • 3rd Baron FitzWarin
    Assumed 1448/9-01-02
    Vacated 1469-12-12

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1444 n.d.
JP, Devon 1444 n.d.
JP, Devon 1447 1448
JP, Surrey 1447/8 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1450/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1451 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1451 1452
JP, Devon 1451 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1452 n.d.
JP, Surrey 1452 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
JP, Devon 1453 n.d.
Commisioner of Gaol Delivery, Devon 1454 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1454 1455
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1455 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Cornwall 1455 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1455 n.d.
JP, Devon 1455 1466
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1457 1459
Commissioner of Musters, Devon 1457 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1459 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1460 1462
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1461 n.d.
Master Forester, Devon 1461-5-10 1469-12-12
Master Forester, Somerset 1461-5-10 1469-12-12
JP, Shropshire 1465/6 n.d.
JP, Devon 1467/8 1469
JP, Shropshire 1468 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1469 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1469 n.d.

General Lands Note

Livery of wife's inheirited lands 15 Aug. 1437

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bampton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired via 1st wife
    Acquired: by 1437-08-15
    Divested: before 1469-12-12
  • Tawstock Court, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired via 1st wife
    Acquired: by 1437-08-15
    Divested: before 1469-12-12

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon: Afton, Bridgerule, Bradford Tracey, East Worlington, Meshaw, North Stoodleigh, and Thelbridge Manors
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herefordshire
  • England-Wales border
  • Middlesex
  • Shropshire
  • Somerset: Wigborough Manor
    Acquired: after 1433
    via 1st wife
  • Staffordshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Yorkshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance 1458-1459 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance 1461-1462 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance 1462-1463 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance 1464-1465 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s
Performance 1466-1467 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord FitzWarin's Minstrel/s Bourchier, William (1414 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 6

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Bampton Castle Devon Private Residence
Tawstock Court Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422–61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901–11.
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, and R.W. Dunning, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Somerset. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 4 vols. London; Oxford: Constable [vols 1–2]; Oxford UP [vols 3–8], 1906–12 [vols 1–2]; 1974–2004 [vols 3–8].